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Anime Recommendations?
Streltsy:
FLCL... wtf? Hella incoherent, but fun.
Going to start with (if anyone cares):
Trigun
Serial Experiments Lain
Black Lagoon
Shigurui (got this last one from the site, saw first episode and I really liked art style)
DavidGrohl:
Watch Kanon 2006. It's not action oriented . . but expand your boundaries.
Monster is another good different genre series. Great mystery series, though a touch on the long side.
Back to the action (in no order):
Baccano! (This is a confusing anime at first, but it DOES all make sense by the end. It's good . . great even. And it's unlicensed. d/l it http://www.animesuki.com/series.php/1057.html
Fate/Stay Night
Ghost in a Shell
Death Note (first story arc)
Naruto (until filler) OR Bleach - Only watch one of these because they're huuuge. Go with Bleach, imo. Naruto is more childish and annoying after a while.
Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit - I can't suggest this one enough. It's a great story, great animation, drama/action, season 2 based on book 2 coming up.
Code Geass - The ending will piss you off (cliffhanger for 2nd season)
Stay away from:
Neon Genesis Evangelion - I can't even explain to you my hatred for this series. It reminds me off emo power rangers
pilsner:
I like how people are mentioning these movies as if they have nothing to do with each other. You're going to notice certain trends running through these lists. First of all:
-- Hotaru no haka (Grave of the Fireflies) directed by Isao Takahata is one of my favorite movies full stop, and is included by many Western critics in their "best ever" lists. If you haven't seen it, it's probably going to make you cry. It's about a brother and sister trying to survive the aftermath of the Allied bombing of Japan at the end of WWII.
-- Satoshi Kon directed Perfect Blue, Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika, and the series Paranoia Agent. I think all of these movies are worth watching, with Perfect Blue, Tokyo Godfathers and Paranoia Agent being among my favorite anime ever. In all of Kon's movies you're going to see an inquiry into what is real, what is fantasy, how fantasy can twist reality, and also the man loves trannies. Just loves 'em.
-- Hayao Miyazaki, founder of studio Ghibli is probably the most beloved anime director on these forums and in the world, and has directed an incredible number of exceptional movies (which he continues to do despite being theoretically retired) including: Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro, Kiki's Delivery Service, Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso, and Spirited Away. Most recently he did Howl's Moving Castle, which I can't really recommend but which I know a lot of people on the forum enjoyed. Spirited Away is up there with Grave of the Fireflies among my favorite movies ever -- it's an epic of a young girl whose parents were turned into pigs and who has to work as a maid in a bathhouse for the spirits to rescue them.
-- Mamoru Oshii directed Patlabor, Patlabor II, Ghost in the Shell, Ghost in the Shell II: Innocence, and the live action movie Avalon (sort of the Matrix but way, way better). His movies tend to involve themes about the definition of humanity, the consequences of rapid adoption of technology and robotics, the conspiracies that inevitably crop up in politics, and what happens when you fire really, really big guns. Also, for whatever reason, invisibility in an Oshii film seems to require getting nekkid. I love Oshii for his ability to combine excellent action sequences with philosophical inquiry but for a Fist of the North Star fan it must be excruciating.
Jackie Blue:
I honestly find Miyazaki's work to be tolerable at best, from a story standpoint. There's no denying his visual skills, but I just find his films fairly tedious. I fell asleep during Princess Mononoke.
imapiratearg:
Princess Monoke is really up and down. It's terribly boring in some parts and pretty awesome in others. Howl's Moving Castle is his best, in my opinion.
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